Sculpin IPA – Ballast Point Brewing (San Diego, CA, USA)

“A trophy beer that’s a testament to our homebrew roots. Our Sculpin IPA is a great example of what got us into brewing in the first place. After years of experimenting, we know hopping an ale at five different stages would produce something special. The result ended up being this gold medal-winning IPA, whose inspired use of hops creates hints of apricot, peach, mango and lemon flavours, but still packs a bit of sting. Just like a Sculpin. ”

Summary: Complete balance and supreme clean flavours, even the finish where IPAs generally leave a sharp lingering bitterness, this does not. Absolutely fantastic and I’m not that much of a hophead. Pretty outworldly, much like the 90-minute IIPA I had from Dogfish Head at VCBW (Vancouver Craft Beer Week)